Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.
# 1 18-05-2003 , 02:06 AM
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reference pics

hi,
i am a complete, absolute beginner in maya, and i browse the forums here to see some of the cool work and maybe learn something. i have seen many, many people talk about reference pics. i have an idea of what it is...but how can you use them to model something? do i need to import them? i tried importing some pictures...but i can't find a way to modify them...any help would be greatly appreceiated. thanx a lot. user added image

# 2 18-05-2003 , 02:30 AM
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Welcome to the SM forums, qwerty. You might want to explore the site a bit as this has been asked many of times before. Check out the freebie video tutorial on setting up image planes....that'll answer your questions. Here's the link:

Setting Up Image Planes


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